Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The questions which are tackled at Advanced level reflect the many aspects and problems of History as a subject . |
| 2 | Both elements of the total rent have the same VAT treatment . |
| 3 | How many pears can I buy for £1.08 if 70 almonds cost the same as 50 chestnuts , 48 chestnuts cost the same as one pomegranate , 18 pomegranates cost the same as 28 lemons , 10 lemons cost the same as 25 pears , and 108 almonds cost 9p ? |
| 4 | Political parties retain the same name over long periods , implying sameness of identity . |
| 5 | ‘ Compulsive spenders suffer the same urge to go on a binge as compulsive drinkers , eaters or non-eaters , ’ declares Dr Christopher Cook of London 's Middlesex Hospital Psychiatry Unit . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , very considerable experience of using groups for this kind of research shows that they do tend to produce very consistent results , even where different researchers cover the same problem . |
| 7 | Although in some instances the sex/style differences are very slight , they are quite consistent in that they usually tend in the same direction , much as Labov ( 1966 : 7 ) found for social class and style : ‘ Native New Yorkers differ in their usage in terms of absolute values of the variables , but the shifts between contrasting styles follow the same pattern in almost every case . ’ |
| 8 | The examples of SYMAP and GIMMS in this chapter use the same data-infant mortality rates and Gross National Product for 42 African countries — so the reader can judge the comparative merits of output from the two systems . |
| 9 | It is a scientific fact that empty vessels make the most noise . |
| 10 | The term that comes to mind and is much used by Germans in the training clubs is ‘ empty vessels make the most noise ’ . |
| 11 | It is my impression that social workers receive the most attention , followed closely by nurses . |
| 12 | Will my right hon. Friend give the several hundred Maxwell pensioners in my constituency an assurance that he will scrutinise carefully the role of those supervisory authorities — such as the Occupational Pensions Board — in relation to that subject ? |
| 13 | Under normal circumstances these different rhythms give the same information about external time ; that is , they reinforce one another . |
| 14 | Not merely does the hon. Gentleman ask the same question each time ; he asks the same supplementary . |
| 15 | His proper names show the same self-conscious striving for a romantic atmosphere . |
| 16 | The themes which are highlighted in this paper follow the same order as the full text of the Lineamenta , and are covered under the headings of the three main parts . |
| 17 | But his performance was upstaged by London angler Roy Lewis who broke the British pike record the same day with a 46lb 3oz specimen . |
| 18 | Of course , you can derive the above expression from circuit theory , so once more circuit theory and electromagnetic theory give the same answer . |
| 19 | Where different professionals have the same skills , role within the team may become interchangeable . |
| 20 | Barn owl have bred for the last three years , and skylarks and meadow pipits have recolonised the wet meadows ; ten species of African migrant use the hedgerows and patches of gorse , bramble and nettles ; a colony of 20 pied flycatcher use the many nest boxes erected around the farm . |
| 21 | If some paths have the same successor then the tree can be redrawn as a graph as in the righthand side of Fig. 8.3 and in Fig. 8.4 . |
| 22 | Will every British high street look the same , with the same familiar handful of names dominating the shopfronts from Penzance to Perth ? |
| 23 | 1.9 " Certificate " means a certificate by the Architect to the effect that in the opinion of the Architect Practical Completion of the Landlord 's Works has been achieved and " Practical Completion " shall for the purposes of this agreement have the same meaning as in the Building Contract ) The " opinion of the Architect " should be qualified to read " the reasonable opinion of the Architect " , but it should be noted that practical completion can be certified even when some works under the building contract are still outstanding . |
| 24 | The remaining readings in this section tackle the same basic question , about the quality of learning environments experienced by children in familial and extra-familial settings , but from a very different starting point . |
| 25 | Possibly , ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis associated neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies recognise the same antigen(s) . |
| 26 | The larger they become , the more the gap narrows until the £1bn mark is reached : at this point private companies pay the same level of fees as their counterpart plcs . |
| 27 | ( Not all violent programmes have the same effect : the nature of the violence being portrayed , the type of child doing the observing , and whether short-term or long-term effects are being studied — all these are important in trying to reach any conclusion . ) |
| 28 | Such contracts enable the latter to adjust their seasonal labour force downwards to cope with any less busy periods within the summer season and , more important , to run their labour forces down gradually as the season draws to an end and the number of guests tails off . |
| 29 | The following graphs suggest the same behaviour as for the intensity — roughly linear over an interval , possibly a power or exponential . |
| 30 | Even quite distinct groups share the same sorts of patterns . |